Joe watched the sunrise. He just felt, uncomfortable. Perhaps it was the environment. Stone walls always gave him a bit of the creeps. Perhaps it was the large amount of furniture, made it difficult to not look at anything. Or perhaps, it was the blond girl asleep not fifteen feet away, without a care in the world. He tore himself away from the sunrise to look at her. Olivia was using her condition to try and get Joe and Star even closer, and Joe had to admit, he didn't exactly mind it. Sure it was awkward to share a room with his girlfriend, but at least there was a second bed on another floor of her tower. As his thoughts again turned towards her, he remembered a few things about himself. He had hidden his problems well, but the doctor was overly formal and direct during their last check-up. He had ordered even more tests, and it scared Joe. It was why Olivia had really pretended her injury was messing with her. But even that hadn't kept him up. Something about today seemed, different. Even if he tried, his thoughts always drifted to Star.
She was a common subject of thought in his mind, it's hard not to think about those important to you, especially when you first start dating them, but this was, unnatural. It had been a week since they had come back and until three a.m. that morning, everything was normal. Now though, he wanted nothing more than to hop in her bed and kiss her. Undress her. Claim her. And it drove him mad. He wanted their first time to be a moment of passion, to be a teenager's mistake. Star had shown no sexual interest up to this point, and he assumed that it would stay the same for a while longer. He suspected that like he, she wasn't unfamiliar with sex, and the damage it could cause. He wouldn't be that person. When she began to finally stir and drive him back fully to reality, he realized he was practically on top of her, just, watching her sleep. This terrified him. How did he miss that? He backed off as quickly and silently as he could, and stared back at the sunrise.
"A princess should be early to rise to greet and prepare for the day. A princess must be on time for all events. A prin-" She finally shook herself out of her mantra. She always woke up that way, and it pained Joe that she couldn't break the habit, though she was getting better. Now she acted less prim and proper and more, like a young girl..
"Morning Star." Joe had considered trying to make a joke, but he didn't trust himself to make a good one. Instead, he wanted to be the loving boyfriend who greeted her the moment she awoke..
"Morning Joe. I could use a cup of you to get going right now, heh." Star, had no such reservations. Joe chuckled and made his way back over towards her, giving her a chaste kiss on the lips. She lightly moaned, and that threw Joe for a loop. She always giggled, but never moaned. As he took in Star's face, she seemed to get just as confused.
"Weird, that always wakes me up, but, it doesn't normally feel THAT good. That was like, wow. Um Joe? Do you, uh, mind if we do that again?" She blushed intensely as she asked.
"I don't know." He gave her a sly grin, and she grinned back. He slowly did the kiss again, but this time, he lingered. He tried to pull back, but he couldn't. He wanted to, but also didn't want to. Suddenly he felt her moan again, and then their lips parted. He felt warm suddenly, very warm. A warm he had always managed to suppress while in his girlfriend's presence before. He felt, scared. This was entirely new to be unable to stop it, and as the kiss evolved, his tongue felt under house arrest, and the house was Star's mouth. They were openly moaning as the kiss became deeper and deeper, more passionate, and then, more primal. She started to move back and he was following her, but as her back hit the bed, she suddenly pushed joe lightly that broke the kiss and they laid panting. After turning a new shade of red, Joe rushed off of her, stumbling out apologies as he did his best to hide 'himself' from her. She, for her part, was confused. She had never kissed anyone like that before.
"Joe?" Said boy stopped his bumbling immediately, his mind coming back to him as he finally started to relax.
"...Yes Star?"
"... That was new."
"... Yes, it was."
"...I liked it."
"... So did I."
"... Jo-" Star was cut off as her alarm blared. It was time to get ready for school. The two felt relieved, but of what, who knew. Neither one had ever felt the rush, even when the occasional accidents occurred in their times sharing a house and room, it was always more startling, whereas this time, they both wanted nothing more than to tear into each other with abandon. Star turned off the alarm as Joe made his way outside, he always slept in pajamas and while Star and Marco had a system to get ready for the day, Joe's was rather, peculiar. He liked to do some exercises first thing after waking up. It was endless teasing as his hosts assumed he was doing it for Star when really he had been doing it for years at this point. Ever since he got out of that horrible, horrible asylum.
He had recently truncated his routine as normally he woke up quite a bit earlier, a combination of not wanting to wake Star, and certainly not wanting to make her room stink of sweat so early in the morning had really led to him being more, quiet. Normally he did one hundred push-ups, sit-ups, squats, followed by a 10km run. Now he was at a tenth of normal just enough to wake up, and feel like he at least didn't slack off completely. As he finished his run and re-entered the house, he noticed breakfast had just been served. A good surprise. He stopped to eat sitting next to Star who for some reason was, sniffing the air a lot. He was about to ask if he smelled bad when she shivered with a moan, causing both of them to blush as the rest of the table giggled like school girls. He excused himself and quickly entered the shower, eager to end the awkwardness of the day as soon as possible. Ten minutes later and he had finished, He was getting dressed, but felt something was, off. As he turned he swore he could see the door closing. Was Star, spying on him? Before he could even think further on it, Mrs. Diaz called from downstairs, reminding him that it was time to go to school. Suddenly remembering his situation he quickly got dressed. As he was leaving though, he began to remember that perhaps, this was Marco being affected by his hatred aura again.
He stopped cold as the door was open. He had forgotten it, the aura of people hating him. He hadn't even noticed it recently, but what if that was masked by the lens of his new feelings for Star. What if everyone was affected and the absolute joy of Star getting better was making them mask the effects for now. The thoughts began to pile up and his blood began to run cold. What if it was all temporary. He got shaken out of his thoughts as he felt a pair of lips on his. He sighed into the kiss, already knowing who it was. It washed away his worry in an instant. As she pulled away and he took a breath, he opened his eyes. Star was staring right at him, full of love and concern. It made him smile.
"Sorry about that, got a little, lost there." Star smiled back at him.
"I'll be there to find you whenever you get lost. Cause if we are getting lost it's together!" They both giggled at her little joke as she pulled him down the stairs and out the door. He was glad things were back to normal, at least, until the bus ride to school. Star had taken to sitting next to Joe since they had started, but she had never done this before. She was sitting with Joe, on his lap, facing him, giggling at him. The entire bus was staring the two of them down, even Marco was. It was really awkward for them especially. No one knew they were dating, everyone knew they were touchy about distance, and for whatever reason, Star had sat down in that position without a thought.
"Never pegged her for a slut." A single voice called out. A cheerleader who had recently been riding the bus. If Joe remembered right.
"Says the girl who lost her car after her dad found her with six guys at a party she wasn't supposed to be at." One of the guys said. The bus soon erupted in debate as Star finally pulled herself off of Joe and sat closely beside him, whispering while trying not to lose it.
"Sorry Joe, I really don't know what happened there at all. I'm not like this, I swear!"
"It's okay Star. We just need to figure out what's going on. It seems, weird that this is happening out of the blue like this. Maybe we should talk to someone about this?" Star nodded in agreement as the bus arrived at school. They had barely made it through the front door than Star had taken Joe's arm and was holding it in a bear hug. She was looking around and around until finally, Marco pulled the two of them aside I to an empty paint room.
"Okay, what's going on here? You have never acted this way before Star."
"I don't know Marco. I just feel, weird. I feel powerful and confident, but also weird and weak. It's frustrating and I can't get Joe off my mind! He's, intoxicating to me today!" Suddenly, a small pop was heard. Star ignored it, and was about to press onward as Marco interrupted.
"Star. It looks like you got some, paint, on your forehead." Slowly, Star reached up and tapped her forehead. Something clung to her finger. She pulled her hand down and observed the object. A single, purple, heart.
"Oh no. I'm going through mewberty!" Joe immediately went into shock. Moon and River had given him a tall about mewberty, and he immediately knew he had to stay away, and so did Marco.
"Oh, no big deal then. We go through something similar here on Earth." Joe had pulled out his mirror phone and had quickly dialed Moon, but the screen showed that service was currently down for yearly maintenance and wouldn't be back up for hours. He quickly reached for his cell phone, hoping he could contact either Mrs. Diaz, or Olivia.
"This isn't like one of your Earth things Marco! I'm from Mewni! This is gonna get weird."
"How weird? We talking-"
"Destroy the school level weird." Marco immediately went into safety mode, coming up with a plan as Joe put his phone away.
"Bad news, the Diaz residence has no phones right now, and neither Mrs. Diaz nor my sister are answering their phones. We need to get her away from boys, right now." Marco nodded as Star started to drape herself over Joe.
"But your a boyyyyy~." Her smile grew big and strange as she said boy. Joe immediately gripping her shoulders. She started to close the distance as she slapped herself, hard. "Okay, I need to stay away from boys, including the two of you." The three nodded and, having fewer options, decided Star staying put was the best option. Before they left, Star came up with a plan.
"Oh! Glossaryck might be able to help us! He's a magical being who lives in my book of spells. It's in my room on my table, Joe, go get it, at least we will have some distance. Marco can get you an excuse and we can try and contain this!" They all agreed and Joe began to sprint towards the Diaz residence. "And Marco, if I get a hold of Joe, I don't know what will happen. Please, don't let me hurt him." with and understanding nod, Marco took off, the door closing behind him. Star looked at her hand as more hearts appeared. She began to worry and cry as she tried to think about girls, and warnicorns. Praying Glossaryck would do the right thing.
Joe made it to the Diaz residence in good time. Only twenty minutes had gone by and that included only one stop for pain. He walked up to the door, and soon realized the Diazs were not home. He looked everywhere for a way in, but to no avail. Until he remembered the tower. Star's room probably didn't have any locks. So he began to climb. He silently hoped that the neighborhood wasn't watching as he made his way up the wall. It took a while, but he made it. He slumped to the floor, breath heavy as he tried to recover from the arduous task. He felt at his neck with two fingers.
'Heart rate seems consistent. Thank God.' After a moment's rest he began looking around the room, sure enough a large book was right where Star said it would be. Approaching it, he watched as the book floated up, then opened. Inside was a blue man with an elongated head embedded with a red gem. He wore yellow robes and within his diamond shaped eyes, wisdom, and boredom in equal measure.
"Greetings Joe. How's it going?" Joe stared wide eyed at the little man. "Oh, guess i should introduce and explain myself. I am Glossaryck of Terms. I am the head of the Magic High Commision, tutor to princesses, and for you, an enigma. I know who you are from hearing you and Star all the time, as well as some classic spying. But it is rather convenient you happen to come to me when I was going to bring you to me. So tell me kid, what's up?" For a full minute Joe remained silent. Everything Glossaryck had said just, scared him.
"Uh, right. Star's going through mewberty and-"
"Say no more. I know what to do, and we have plenty of time to do it. And the answer, is simple, you either give her exactly what she wants, or you wait it out. Either way she goes back to normal." Joe stood speechless. Star wasn't in her right mind, and judging from her previous actions, he figured what she wanted.
"Hmmm. Most guys get excited or flustered when they hear a beautiful woman is literally going to throw herself at them. Tell me, why are you so scared?"
"... I've been raped before. So has Star. I'm scared it will, be like that." Glossaryck looked at the boy with complete understanding.
"I can understand then. It's two things isn't it?" Joe nodded. "It's your fear of the two of you being raped and feeling horrible because of this, and your fear over that lovely aura you exude." He gave a shit eating grin as Joe turned.
"I've never-"
"Moon told me. Not that she needed to. I can see the magic you wrap yourself in. Very rare for a human to have any connection to magic. I'm looking into is as we speak." His grin never faltered as he left Joe grasping for a coherent thought. "Now, unless you have a question, I'm going back to bed."
"... Is it because od the aura?"
"Gonna have to be more specific than that kiddo."
"Does she, love me-"
"To relax you, no. You can't make anything happen like that. She's immune to your 'aura'. Also, don't get used to straight answers kid, I'm fresh out."
"... Okay then. Is there anything we can do to speed up this, mewberty thing?"
"Like i said kid, no. You see, life is like a runaway port-I-potty. It's hot, fast and full of shit. You gotta let this happen. Or run, but your out of time for that. Time for this guy to get out of the splash zone." Without a further word, the book closed and floated out of the room. Joe stared quizzically for a moment before a buzzing sound from the window he entered from pulled his attention away. He spotted a human sized, purple insect. He started getting scared as he backed up. The creature had purple skin and hearts for eyes, two antennae on its head, six total arms, and wore a purple dress. It looked at him, and smiled creepily.
"Joooooooe~. I fooooound yoooooooooou~." The grin was menacing and for a moment, Joe planned to run, but then he remembered that voice, suddenly an image flashed over the creature that was now approaching.
"Star?" She smiled widely, pleased as his anxiety dropped just a bit. He slowly started to move towards the door as he continued to speak. "Look, I can guess what this is about but-" she fired a string of goo out of one of her hands, latching onto the door. In a moment she closed the door, shooting more webbing, keeping him trapped.
"You're not going anywhere, Joe~." He was now terrified. He considered his options before a pain struck his chest, sending him to his knees. He grasped at his chest, the pain was massive. He saw a shadow approach him. He was afraid, another jolt of pain, this was horrible. He was scared, terrified, and potentially dying. Then, he felt the pain wash away. He looked up, Star was petting him. She had him in her lap, just, comforting him. Everything started to melt away under those eyes and hands. He felt, amazing, full of energy and life. As if he could take on the world and win.
"Joooooeeeee~." It sounded no different than the previous time, but, he could feel the question asked in his very soul.
"I'm fine now Star, thank you. That was, terrifying."
"Boy."
"No, no i don't think it will be back for a bit."
"Joe."
"Yes, we will, talk about it. How are you?" Star smiled creepily, her eyes and cheek marks glowing a little.
"Joe~."
"I, sort of figured. Can, can we at least-" Before he could even finish, Star flew him quickly to her bed, taking his hands, she quickly pinned them behind his back, gluing them together. Her smile growing ever so slightly.
"Boyyyyyy~." She practically sang at him.
"Just please, don't hurt me." She finally stopped smiling. She grabbed his face with two arms, and kissed him, in that instant, a hundred conversations happened simultaneously in his head. A thousand voices talking in dissonance. It seemed like forever when she pulled back, and suddenly, he knew. His Star could stop this. It could be just a sloppy make out session. He could avoid hurting her, but she wanted it. Badly. He didn't want to deny her. Clearly, neither of them was in their right mind.
"... Is this what Star wants?."
"Boy."
"I want to hear it from my Star."
"Boy!"
"I will not take advantage of her. I won't join the list of people that have raped her, and neither will you be on mine. I won't stop you, I know i can't. But-" tears started down Joe's face, "I'll do it if she asks me to. I won't rape her." The girl stopped, for a moment, it almost seemed like she may stop.
"Please." That single word was in Star's voice. It was her. Without a further thought Joe leaned up as much as he could, ensnaring her lips with his. In an instant she returned the kiss ten fold. Their lips taking all of their attention as he was forced deep into the bed. Her hands immediately began to disrobe him, his shirt ripping to pieces to reveal his, strange undershirt. Star broke off the kiss to look at it.
In all the times they had shared together, he had always kept a shirt on, and she had never seen beneath it until now. She was very, very confused. Before her was an undershirt, a big, black, oddly bulky undershirt. She reached onto it to rip ot off when Joe quickly spoke up.
"Please don't rip it off. Straps are on my right, just, please. She acquiesced, likely wanting to keep him as willing as possible. As she did, she noticed that the undershirt was what had given him such an odd shape, and kept perhaps her new favorite thing hidden from her.
"Aaaaaaaabbbbbbsssssss~!" Absolutely delighted she ran four of her hands over his abs as she began to mess with her chest with the remaining two. Joe had to admit he wasn't ready for her to see him like this, but he was happy she found his body attractive. As she moved her hands, she began to follow some light discolorations in his skin. Long lines that were barely detectable by sight or touch. She knew what they were instantly. Scars. Alongside them, and in some of them, were wires. She looked at him quizzically.
"Part of the later talk. I promise. I would disconnect the wires, but sort of, tied up at the moment. You can-" She immediately dragged his hands out of their,binds and placed them in front of him. He paused for a moment before realizing she wanted him to do what he could to the wires. He deftly detached as many as he could, leaving a few pieces sticking out of his body where the shirt wires connected to his body wires. She immediately gunked them up, Joe hoping there would be no,permanent damage. He Then steeled himself for what would come next. "And now, you want me, right?" She responded with a large, toothy grin.
"Boy~." She began running her hands over his chest again. She was enjoying herself as she bound his hands again, though this time, she left them stuck in front of him. He had hoped she wouldn't that this could be the two of them but it seems her mewberty had an idea of its own. Slowly, her arms tasks became obvious. One arm was caressing his cheek, one was caressing her breasts, two were over his chest, and the last went towards his pants, slowly working them apart, then down. Left in his underwear, Joe finally felt the full implications of what was about to happen. He felt his heart rate skyrocket, and he became afraid. Star seemed to see this, and stopped her two chest-arms over his heart. "Safe." In an instant he felt much calmer. His heart was still racing, but he felt, just as Star said, safe. He looked at her in awe and wonder. For the first time, a gentle, loving smile took her face, just before her lips took his.
Joe didn't fight it, but did his best to hook his arms behind her head to make the kiss deeper. She clearly approved as now two arms were behind his neck, two were on his chest, and the remainder were teasing him, gliding around is pelvis, never quite making contact. She moaned into the kiss, and Joe, feeling warmer and warmer, moaned in response. The two were making such a racket, if either had a sense of worry, they would have had concern over Marco finding them, or hearing them at least, but they did not care. Right now, all that mattered, was this kiss, this passion.
Then she touched him. He inhaled sharply, breaking the kiss as Star moved down slightly, now kissing his neck. He was sure she would leave a mark, and did not care in the slightest. Hr hands were rubbing him through his boxers, and he loved it. Four of her hands were working him while the remainder were all over his abs, her giggling signaling her approval of his body. Joe meanwhile had lost all rational thoughts, and finally lost control, bucking his hips towards Star's hands. She hummed in delight as her hands retreated to his waistband. For a moment she stopped and looked at him. He looked back and realised, this was not senseless lust that was in control. Sure her body was altered, but it was still Star at the helm ultimately. He smiled at her, and nodded. Her smile grew once again into the now familiar toothy grin. He fully expected her to continue as she had and calmly take off his shorts. Instead, she dissolved them. He was fully surprised, but so was Star. His nerves spiked as she looked at him, then they melted as her grin grew.
"Biiiiiig~!" He felt a welling of pride at that, and shortly after, an intense pleasure. She switched back to four hands at his pride and two at his chest. She was massaging his balls, shaft, legs, and pelvis, driving him absolutely wild. She seemed to know exactly how to squeeze when to squeeze, and how to vocalize her satisfaction with him in all the right ways. Somehow, he felt no closer to the end than when they had began, but he knew that stopping now was beyond impossible. That was when she stopped. He groaned in annoyance, and as he felt her weight disappear, he looked up at her, almost hurt, until her dress landed right on his face. He sniffed and melted into it, she smelled divine! But he had to be strong! He carefully began to remove the garment, to have something far more frilly hit his face.
The smell it carried left no time for his eyes to identify the garment as he inhaled strongly. It drove him wild, and he felt himself jump. She giggled as the garment fell from his face. Now he saw her, in all her glory. Sure her breasts weren't the size of watermelons, and her curves weren't quite in full swing yet, but she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. He could not help but stare at her as she giggled again, lying down on top of him. Now her face was just below his, and he could feel her body pressing directly on his. He tried hard to kiss her, but she remained just out of reach. He felt disheartened until she brought her hands over to him, caressing him, signaling her love to him. Every step of the way, the lust gave way to love, only to allow lust control when love had its moment. He loved it. She loved it.
Then he felt her. It was the first time he had felt this sensation before. Moist, and right on his tip. He looked at her, she smiled gently then toothily, then suddenly, she moved. In an instant almost his entire shaft was warm, wet, and being manhandled by her folds. It was as if her body knew exactly what it wanted, and at this rate, with all the teasing, she was going to get it quickly. She bucked her hips a few times, loud moans flowing from her. She had worked herself into a frenzy and her own limit was approaching. It wasn't long before her body tightened on him, a large moaning erupting from her. Suddenly, her cheek marks and eyes glowed pink, and he felt it. He felt her pleasure. He erupted inside of her on the spot. Her moan was cut off as she was forced to inhale. From what he could tell, she had just came again, and as she glowed again, he felt it and suddenly, while softening, he erupted again, his shaft hardening once again.
The process continued a few times before finally, he reached a physical limit. Five total times. The afterglows came as one, and he was sure he was shooting a blank as the world grew distant. He could see a sea of purple, then darkness. As he fell asleep, he heard the a few last words..
"Joe~, love~."
"Oh no no no no no." Joe awoke to the sound of Star, clearly distraught and scared. The light from her balcony showed it was still daytime, probably the same day. She was still in the bed, but she had turned away, from her posture, Joe knew she was either about to cry, or crying.
"Star?" She stiffened, and with a deep sadness in her body, spoke.
"I'm so sorry Joe."
"Sorry for what?"
"I, I know I raped you so-" she had started to move further away, and Joe was having none of that. He swiftly grabbed her with his arms and forced her body against his, spooning her from behind.
"You can't rape the willing Star."
"But, but I wasn't in control and-"
"Y-you weren't?" Star immediately picked up on the worry. And as he spoke, it clicked in her head. "S-so, so I, I raped you." She could hear the tears in his voice. Suddenly, she could feel him shaking. She turned, ready to comfort him, but by his face, that wasn't the issue. He was straining. He was in immense pain. He quickly withdrew his hands over his chest, and Star saw his scars, and the wires. Parts of the night came back to her, and she realized that this was serious. She remembered his undershirt, perhaps that was the key to fixing this.
She flew out of the bed, no concern for her decency, towards where she vaguely remembered the shirt landing. When she found it, she grabbed it and immediately tried to hook up some of the wires, it was a no go. They didn't fit. Look again, they were color coded. She looked and found a different wire on him, it was the same color. She pushed them together. *click* it came together. She smiled in relief, only to realize the room was quiet. Way too quiet. She slowly,looked up at Joe.
He wasn't breathing. She stopped, and just stared. She tentatively brought a hand to his face. No breathing, confirmed. She brought her hand to his neck, no pulse… confirmed. She was shaking now. She looked into his eyes, they were rolled back in his head. Joe was dead. She immediately began to panic, her boyfriend had just died in her bed, the same day she went through mewberty. She thought back a bit, this all happened after he had said he raped her. It was her fault. She was about to break down fully when a light caught her eye. Joe's chest was glowing from the inside, right around his heart. A strong, red light, with hints of orange and purple. She was just about to reach for it when suddenly, Joe began gasping for air.
She sat on the bed im bewilderment as the boy who had just died in her bed, was now waking up, gasping for air and clinging to his chest. She broke out of her stupor and, deciding to do everything she could, reached for him, only for him to yell.
"Get the shirt hooked up. Hurry!" She paused for only a moment before returning to her previous work. Time seemed to slow for her, and she effortlessly attached them all together. Joe then used all his strength to push her off. He didn't have that much. But she got the picture, moving herself just off the bed. She regretted it instantly as she heard a noise from his chest, his body tensing and rising in synch with it. She was immediately on top of him, holding onto him as if letting go would mean forever. Thankfully, he didn't push her off, in fact, he seemed to nearly fall back asleep for a bit. Panting on the bed, he slowly brought his breathing in line, grabbing her hands as he slowly returned to normal. It was minutes later that she decided she couldn't wait anymore.
"Joe, what, what was that?" He looked at her. Exhaustion in his eyes.
"Tired. Explain what I can later. Love you, Star." He passed out, leaving a very bewildered Star. After a few moments, she confirmed he had fallen asleep. Relief running through her. As she calmed down, she began to notice a few things. First, she was naked. Second, he was naked. Third, she felt something inside her in a place she had never had something before. Fourth, Joe has abs. Fifth, he has lots, and lots, of small scars near where the wires were coming out of his body. Those held her attention for a while before she felt decidedly, cold. Realizing she was still naked, she opted to take the time and put on her sleeping nighty.
As she went to put on her nighty however, she noticed a change to her body. A few changes actually. Her curves had become far more pronounced, her breasts had grown to b cups, she was a little taller, and her face had lost some of it's childish puffiness. She looked, and felt, more like a woman than ever before. She headed over to her mirror and looked at herself nude, and she liked what she saw. She couldn't compete with genetic winners like Jackie, but she really liked what mewberty had done to her. A small breeze reminded her again that she should probably dress, and finally, she did. She looked back over at Joe as she remembered a promise he had made to her during the act. He had a lot to answer for her, and she was going to get those answers.
As she moved towards the bed she paused. Remembering the last time she had that assertive. It was before St. Olga's. She smiled at that. Joe had again brought out more of who she was. The years at that place finally losing their power over her. She looked over him again, a peaceful smile he held proving to be contagious. She hopped on in, grabbing him in a big hug with both her arms and legs. She sighed contently before falling asleep. Hoping to get her answer sooner rather than later.
Star awoke to a hand gently running through her hair. She awoke to a very pleasant sight of muscles under moonlight. She absentmindedly looked a little lower, and upon seeing the wires, came fully awake. The memories of earlier that day came flooding back. She enjoyed this a lot, and hoped it would happen again, but she knew what she must do now. With no small effort, she pushed herself away to look at Joe. He met her gaze immediately and her resolve broke as she saw the tears on his eyes. She felt horrible as he started to talk.
"I'm so sorry." It felt like someone had slammed a fist into her gut.
"Joe. There's no need-"
"I raped you."
"No, you didn't."
"But you weren't in control. You couldn't consent. That's rape Star! That's rape." He was crying fully now. "I-" Star had had enough. She forced herself up to him, silencing him with a surprisingly gentle kiss. As she broke away, she took the moment to speak.
"You didn't. Mewberty only causes my desires and wants to come forward, if mewberty me said yes, then that's what I would have said. I was ready Joe. Ready to love you physically as much as i love you emotionally. Joe, you can't rape the willing, and trust me, I was, and am, willing." A large blush took her face as she admitted the last bit. He merely started crying again as he took her into a deep kiss, holding her as close as possible as he curled up in to her. She returned the kiss with just as much strength, wanting to prove that if nothing else, she loved him. The kiss ended abruptly however, when a warm rod touched her body. Joe was so nervous, and Star found it adorable.
"Uh, sorry about that." He shifted away a bit before Star chuckled.
"Well, it's been in more personal places. Big boy Joe is in the clear there." Her blush was now so red her cheek marks were being hidden, but she didn't care. She wouldn't have minded if this ended up being their second and third times. Joe finally calmed down as his blush intensified. He didn't even know why, but this time, he would just roll with it.
"Heh, guess that's true. But, as wonderful as now is, we have, things we need to talk about." Joe sat up, and immediately pulled the covers over himself. He still felt a little awkward leaving himself out there. Especially with Star in her nightie now.
"Joe, will you tell me, everything?"
"About this, yes. To the best of my knowledge. You deserve at least that much." He took a breath of air as the two got comfortable. Joe sat with his back on the headrest, and Star took his side, resting her head on his chest, her right hand lightly dancing over his muscles. "It all started a few years ago. I had just been admitted to the hospital from an ambulance. It was an event like today. I suffered, a heart attack. It was rather severe. Didn't come close to dying, none of the attacks has brought me even close so far, but it hurt. A lot. They then determined I have, a heart condition which causes an irregular heartbeat called arrhythmia. I was given some pretty low chances to live. This shirt holds power to charge up a defibrillator, a device to restart your heart, that was planted in my chest years ago. That's what the wires lead to. It was said to buy me time, but a new procedure was developed a few months ago, before I moved here. I just underwent the last few years to make sure i can go through the procedure a few weeks ago, just after Gustav went back home. I get the results soon, and then we will have a surgery date. Any questions so far?" An immediate question popped into her head.
"You died."
"Huh?"
"Earlier, you died. Your breathing stopped, your heart stopped, you were unresponsive. Joe, you died, and came back to life." She looked up at him, all color had drained from his face, but she did not expect his response.
"Oh no. Not again. Not like this, not before I have answers." She looked at him quizzically, some doubt coming into her mind as he continued. "Look, I, don't fully have an answer for that." Now she was sure he was lying.
"Your chest glowed, just before you came back, your chest glowed. It was so bright your entire rib cage looked like it was on fire! You can't say you don't know about it!" She had risen during her speech to sit on his lap, giving him no chance to escape.
"I'm serious Star. This is the first time I have even heard about a light like that, humans don't do that naturally." The sincerity in his voice calmed her a bit. "Look, I was talking to your mom the other day, I had discovered that some dreams of suicide I have had for years, aren't exactly dreams. For whatever reason, I don't die. I guess now it's more that I don't stay dead, explains a few things really. But her only answer is that they need more information. Glossaryck is supposed to be one of the beings monitoring me right now, trying to figure out what's going on with the aura i seem to have, and I guess it must be related to what's happening to me now. I'm scared Star. I'm so scared." He broke down, crying again. This time, Star just hugged him, letting him cry it all out. She may not be able to help figure this out, but she can help him feel better.
A few minutes later, and the two were again simply lying there, enjoying each others presence. It was one of the joys of loving each other, and since everyone wanted them together so much, none of them could complain if the lovers spent time like this.
"Joe. I know you're scared, I know why you're scared. I can't fix it, at least not yet I can't, but I'll be here, by your side. Forever." She gripped,Joe tightly to emphasize her point. Joe, returning the squeeze. At least, until nature decided to remind him that they were in a very, intimate, position.
"Uh, I think I need to put on pants." Joe smiled awkwardly, and that only deepened as her look became far less comforting, and far more lascivious.
"Well, earlier you seemed pretty unhappy with how things went with our, first. So, why don't we give my new body a test run, and really enjoy ourselves as two teenagers in love should." Joe stared at her for a moment, and though she remained stoic, she worried she may have been too direct.
"Star, you have never been quite this forward since we started dating… I love you." He kissed her as his hands immediately went to her sides, caressing her. She giggled her excitement into the kiss before humming her approval at his actions. It didn't take him long to discover mewberty didn't just give his girlfriend a few more curves. As he removed her nighty, he heard a light buzz, causing him to look at Star in surprise.
"Those are, my mewberty wings. They don't quite let me fly, but they do show my excitement. Oh, and only lovers my touch a princess's wings, my lover." She gave him a sultry look as he took the thankfully obvious hint, lightly touching her wings. They shifted under his fingers as Star moaned. If je wasn't at full mast before, he was now. Star's excitement was contagious as she fondled his chest, before presenting hers to him. He quickly dove in, taking a nipple into his mouth, eager to move the show along, his body more than ready to try and seed this incredibly alluring woman.
Star was soon signaling him to pull back, and he reluctantly did, and Star got off the bed. She stood near the balcony, the moonlight shining upon her, accentuating her beauty to him. Then, she removed her underwear, taking a very low, slow, bow. He saw everything, and could feel himself twitching in preparation.
"Hope You liked the look, lover, cause now, I'm ready." She slowly walked back, swaying her hips as much as she comfortably could. She knew she was driving him wild, and as she caught a glimpse of him, she began to question how her mewberty form had taken the thing. He was huge compared to what she had expected. And it made her smile. She reached the bed, and slowly crawled over him, being very careful of his wires. She grabbed his lips in a kiss as she positioned him at her entrance. Without any pomp or circumstance, she sat down, filling her to the brim with him, and taking him all the way to the base. He felt amazing, and when he heard her moan, he felt even better. He used what willpower he had left to place his hands in her back, near her sensitive wings, and whispered in her ear.
"I love you, Star." He kissed her ear, and lost all control. In a matter of moments, he had gone from a standstill, to full force fucking. Burying himself as fast as his body would allow, teasing her wings as much as possible. He soon gave that up when he realized he may hurt her if he touches her too hard, opting instead to massage her chest, never once dropping her lips from his. Far too soon, he reached a peak, and as his senses fured full throttle, he heard her nearly scream.
"Coming!" The two laid down, panting. The feeling was amazing. Until, Joe felt a familiar feeling. An unpleasant one. He wanted to,get Star off, but before he could, their bodies were forced to move, painfully forced. Joe felt the feeling dissipate, thanking whatever was listening that the event only required one shock, before looking over at Star who seemed confused.
"Did, did I do that poorly?" Joe smiled at her before responding.
"You did so good my heart skipped a few beats." Star gave a small chuckle to the dark joke, taking the hidden understanding that he was fine, and that she did nothing wrong.
"I'm glad."
"Me too. And Star?"
"Hmm?"
"I love you, my Little Love Bug.."
"I love you too, Mr. Big Muscles." She smiled and gave him a small peck on his pec, before getting comfy, and quickly falling asleep, Joe's fluids slowly flowing out of her. Joe felt sleep take him, and he couldn't have been happier.
"Oh dear." The two awoke to a voice that sent a chill down their spines. It was a female voice. Not Mrs. Diaz's, and not Olivia's. The voice belonged to one woman alone.
"Mom?" Star sat up, only to find that behind her mother, was everyone. They had come to check up on the two early in the morning, meaning right now everyone could see her new breasts and wings, from her mother, to Olivia, to all three Diazs, and worst of all, her father. She immediately shrieked and covered herself, eaking Joe who immediately grabbed Star in a protective embrace.
"Oh goodness. You two, get a shower and get dressed." Everyone besides Moon had averted their eyes to some degree, with the Diaz men opting to go downstairs entirely. "I know what happened, mewberty does it's thing. Do you two need any help or-"
"We went another round when we woke up with me back to normal."
"Yes!" All eyes were on Olivia now as Moon and Mrs. Diaz groaned. "Cough them up ladies, and I'll be counting Angie!" With a smile Olivia held out her hand, Angie taking out a few bills while Moon took a few gold coins from her purse. "Thank you ladies! You're shaping up to be your big sister Joe!" She smiled at the now embarrassed and confused teenagers as she left. A positive beat to her step.
"Well, we had a bet on exactly what happened here and what we would find. Marco believed you two would have basically fought and worn yourselves out, Raphael believed you two would reaffirm your love, Star would go back to normal, and that would be that. I thought you two would already be back to it right now, while Moon believed you two would need therapy after she raped you. Olivia thought you two would be too tired from a night of, relations, and River thought you two would fight before settling in for fun." Both teens stared at River.
"Sounded like the best of both worlds to me!" His face showed pure delight, but as he stared at Joe, his eyes held a small bit of distance. Joe silently gulped as Star started taking smaller breaths.
"Well, we'll let you take your time and get ready since the situation is, resolved. Star, we will test you in two weeks, and please, don't try and make me a grandma yet." With a genuine smile, Moon left with Angie, leaving River alone with them.
"And if you ended up using my daughter for sex, I'll kill you. I feel you love my daughter, so even if it just doesn't work out I won't kill you unless you willingly break her heart. Take your time!" With that, River left. Both teens breathing heavily as they collapsed on the bed.
"... Sis will probably want me to stay and make her an aunt."
"Well, as much as mom and dad act that way, they really wouldn't mind a grandkid." She remained silent for a while before continuing. "I don't think I'm ready to be a mom yet."
"Well, I'm not ready to be a dad. We have items to protect from, that result, so it's not too bad." Star giggled a little.
"We just might want me to hang onto them. Olivia seems like she would sabotage them for her plans." Joe chuckled at that.
"Yeah, the Diaz's and your parents seem less likely to do something like that." This time they shared a chuckle before Star got up, no longer bothering to cover herself, causing Joe to blush deeply.
"Gotta get used to this Joe, back on Mewni, I slept nude a good amount of the time, and I am sure it's going to be a lot more common." The words, combined with her position and smirk gave Joe a very vivid idea of what she meant. He suddenly realized why Moon had said what she did, and finally made sense as to why mewnians were so open about sex. He was brought out of his thoughts by a chaste kiss on the lips. "Come on Muscles, let's get dressed before someone new wins the bet." They both laughed, enjoying the moment and, in a few minutes, they were heading downstairs, and listening to the disaster Star created at the school when she went into mewberty.
"So, Star trapped the entire male population of the school looking for me besides you Marco?"
"Yeah, it was really pretty creepy. She'd pick a guy up, sniff them, them toss them. She started to get aggressive when it was just me, but before anything could happen Queen Moon showed up and told her where you were. She was off like a rocket giggling." Joe looked at Star who was clearly not having fond memories of the event.
"Sounds like I need to spend more time making someone feel loved then." She squeezed Joe's hand as a smile fell over her face.
"Wouldn't have stopped it, but I won't say no to some more 'I love you's." The two shared a smile as the table awed at them. Moon was even smiling as a tear ran down her face.
"I do have a question for you though no- *Cough*. Joseph. When you met my daughter, you acted in a way which made me feel someone gave you a pretty bad run in. Do you mind, explaining what happened?" Joe tensed up. It had been the first time since he met Star that the memory had popped up. His hand became sweaty and he began to shake. With his knew knowledge, it suddenly became even worse. The entire table immediately glared at River. "Sorry, I didn't rea-"
"I, it's fine. I, I need to t-talk abo- about it e-e-eventually." The entire room was now torn between curiosity and concern.
A few towns back, at the start of the year, a girl asked me out. She did it every few days, and finally I said yes. I was wary most of the day but when nothing happened I let my guard down. She then brought me to this place, and, and, a-"
"He was beaten to the brink of death." The entire room turned to Olivia. She saw Joe trying and since she knew about this one, she decided to interject. What no one had expected from the normally upbeat woman, was the sheer hate in her voice. "She lured him into a normal looking building and he was jumped by several boys in the class. She fucked them then blamed Joe. If not for a security camera capturing the start of the beating outside, Joe would have been charged for rape on top of his injuries." Star squeezed Joe's hand, but she was also very curious. Just what had the boy been through. What had her man been through?
"I'm so sorry Joseph." River was clearly appalled. "Moonpie and Star have told me bits and pieces of stories you've told, but to think it was to such an extent. Were the criminals-"
"The boys lost a lot. They were kicked out of school, most had to leave town when their parents lost their jobs, and the remainder ended up in what is essentially a prison for minors. The girl, she got off as a victim of circumstance. Girls usually get off light even with vindictively fabricated rape charges. Little bitch perpetuated her claim and we were moved for our safety after it was confirmed she hired some thugs to attack Joe. I think the girl is still trying to play innocent even against all the evidence." The entire group was oddly quiet. It began to sink in that perhaps, the absolute best thing to ever happen to Joe, was Star. Even now, with the world against them, they had found a comfort in each other. Everything just seemed right when the two were together.
"Glossaryck!" A female voice called out in the void, followed by a pop as said being manifested himself.
"Yes yes. What is-"
"It's gotten worse! The scrolls are blank!"
"Well, perhaps that means we are on the right trail."
"No. Those words are the only reason the multiverse hasn't collapsed. And now They are blank!"
"Wait. You don't just mean the future?"
"No you fool! All of them!"
"That's rather interesting. Never has happened before. Especially since the boy is definitely showing the signs that he's the one." The other voice remained silent for a time.
"How sure are you?"
"More sure than you have ever been."
"...very well. We shall test the boy. We are manipulating Omnitraxus Prime for this one. Heckapoo will be made to test the other one again."
"So you're taking all but Lekmet. Thanks."
"Glossaryck. If this doesn't look like it will pan out, we will destroy him. Even if it means hurting her. Endless failures is better than an eternal failure." The voice disappeared, having left the void space.
"Well, the boys may not need my help for a while, but a certain princess will. Now then, she should have eaten the laced food by now. Better get back there before he impregnates here again." A joyful smile crosses his lips. Star was usually a happy child, especially with Marco, but this was special. As if her soul was cleaved, and she found herself again. Ah, he really wanted to meet Star's daughter. But that could never be. In a flash, he was gone again, when a pair of new voices rang out.
"We may have to remove him from the equation again. Are you prepared, Toffee of Septarsis, The Undying God?"
"More than ever. That I must stand on the stage again, truly we have reached dark times. Tell me, may i experiment with the daughter this time?"
"No. No attempting hybrids with Star."
"A pity. This one might,not enjoy being raped." The voice faded, and for a time, all was silent.
"... Perhaps I need to look at this, from an even higher perspective." With that, the void was empty once again.
A/N
So, the sex wasn't originally going to happen. Originally it was going to end at the wires, Star's curiosity overcoming mewberty's lust. But when people want something and it doesn't monkeywrench the plan, I can roll with it.
Next time, we discover a bit more about Star and what she has been through, and then later, it's time for a new actor to enter the stage. And yes, he's going to be flaming hot.